[jeff]

My experience with yoshi regarding the extremely fast yellowing of my CF end cap was not much better than yours it seems........Yoshi have really fallen in the customer service department seeing that they tote themselves as a top end manufacturer.

I wouldnt say that your totally screwed, a simple re-thread/tap to reduce the size of the threaded bar will suffice. If you have no tap & die kit, any of your local machine shops will be able to do this for you for a few dollars, or even a free beer. Will literally take them minutes. Even better, a basic tap & die kit is quite cheap and then you will have useful tools for things down the track. I always add to my tool collection where possible if cost is cheap.

Not sure of the size that it is supposed to be, someone else will probably chime in with that or it can be found more than likely in the service manual. An alternative too is grab a few different sized bolts and find the one that fits then you will know the size and pitch of the thread that you need it threaded to.

Another alternative........and I used this on one of my previous bikes to replace a lost shifter bar (came off whilst riding ), was a simple threaded rod in the correct diameter that you require, and simply cut it to length. Most threaded rods come in 1m and 3m lengths and can be bought from any hardware store again for very little cost. Standard 4.6 grade will be more than enough for this application and can be had in a multitude of treatments......I would go with galvanised just for longevity. I had my "temporary" one on my bike initially just until I could get another OEM one.........never came about and that stayed for 3 years no probs.

Of course the all threaded rod wont look as nice as just having a bar with simply two threaded ends, but it worked and got me by for much longer than I had anticipated.

 

[jeff]

Yea, the I can get them re threaded for the proper fit. But the thing is, I paid for their product..and since it doesn't fit, I require their service. I don't feel like paying extra to drive somewhere to get someone someone to get the rod re threaded and pay for that (or buying the tools to do it myself ). I think because of their lack of help makes me wanna push the matter to actually get them to help

Iono..I guess the magnitude of getting it rethreaded doesn't seem so big...but its the principle of the thing.

Call me stubborn, but paying for something that doesn't fit on what its supposed to is..eh..

I feel ya there mate, I ended up recoating my end cap myself and keeping the spare that they sent me, but it took a few emails to finally get them to send the spare one. No instructions or offer of advice on how to fit it, there are plenty of videos online I was told. Great after sales service they have.